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article local schedule Sep 24, 2025 visibility 12 link 1 artist, 2 galleries

SOBO Art Gallery's Young Creatives Showcase to open Oct. 2

SOBO Art Gallery in Orlando will host the Young Creatives Showcase on October 2, featuring artwork by high school and college students. The showcase, co-founded by Victoria Pestrichello, Branton Urbieta, and Fritz-Lee Saint Paulin, includes a collaborative piece that artists have been building together, as well as individual works in various media such as photography, pencil, and acrylic. Pestrichello, a UCF student, contributed handprints to the collaborative Dalmatian painting, while her own abstract piece, "Conosci il nemico? Do you know your enemy?", was inspired by negative news coverage.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 10, 2025 visibility 8 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

New exhibition showcases 20 years of work by Welsh artist

Artist Anthony Shapland has opened a solo exhibition titled "Liar Liar" at Aberystwyth Arts Centre, just one month after the publication of his debut novel, "A Room Above a Shop." The show spans twenty years of his practice, featuring works in text, sculpture, books, print, audio, and film, with the earliest piece dating from 2005 and the most recent created within the last month. The exhibition blurs the lines between writing and visual art, drawing on hidden filmmaking techniques such as props, filters, light, and sound, while also exploring themes of rural queerness, passing, and the malleability of landscape. Key works include the films "A Setting" (2007), "A Sign," "FiftytwoSundays" (2018), "Between the Dog and the Wolf" (2019), "Centre A Sound not Meant to be Heard," and the new montage "Seven Starling" (2025).

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 24, 2025 visibility 10 link 4 artists, 1 gallery

University fine art museum to showcase MFA thesis exhibition

The Western Carolina University (WCU) Fine Art Museum is presenting the 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition, running from April 8 through May 2, 2025. The show features work by four graduating Master of Fine Art students from WCU’s School of Art and Design: Daniel Simone, Yuwen Renjie, Jeannie Regan, and Joey Martin. Their works span alternative printmaking, social practice, material experimentation, and narrative painting, addressing themes of identity, cross-cultural experience, community engagement, and environmental challenges.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 21, 2025 visibility 10 link 3 artists, 3 galleries

In West Philly, “third space” Studio 34 offers healing to everyone

Studio 34, a wellness and community center located at 4522 Baltimore Avenue in West Philadelphia, is hosting a new solo exhibition by Lebanese multidisciplinary artist Tracy Chahwan. Titled “Alien of Extraordinary Abilities,” the show runs through the end of May and features over a decade of Chahwan's work in posters, textiles, and comics. The exhibition traces her journey from designing posters for Beirut's music scene and collaborating with the Samandal and Zeez comics collectives to arriving in Philadelphia during the pandemic, where she was stranded after a planned short visit turned into a permanent relocation.

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article local schedule May 7, 2026 source 2 sources visibility 15

Seniors showcase their art in a final exhibition

Graduating students at Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) showcased their artwork in a final exhibition held on May 1, 2026, at Crisp Museum. The show featured a wide range of media including 3D works, prints, paper mache, paintings, cloth, video, quilts, and sculptures. Among the participants were painting BFA major Zachary Ross Mayfield, who presented symbolist works centered on nature and a large self-portrait that took over 200 hours to complete, and senior studio art BFA major Kaylee Shelby, whose sculptures question the ethics and aesthetics of taxidermy and human manipulation of animals.

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article local schedule May 19, 2026 visibility 6 link 1 gallery

Tugboat Printshop Marks 20 Years of Making Meticulously Crafted Woodblock Prints

Tugboat Printshop, founded by Valerie Lueth, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The studio specializes in meticulously hand-carved woodblock prints, often using up to five distinct blocks layered with colorful ink to create detailed images of flora and fauna. Editions are typically limited to around 100 prints. To mark the milestone, the shop is offering a limited-time discount on original woodcut prints, and Lueth continues to share behind-the-scenes images on Flickr and Instagram.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 7, 2025 visibility 11 link 4 artists

art sam penn max battle photography book

Sam Penn and Max Battle have released a new photography and writing volume titled "Max," published alongside an exhibition at New York Life Gallery. The book features intimate and explicit photographs by Penn of her collaborator and partner Max Battle, interwoven with his written reflections, documenting their attempt to balance a private sex life with artistic practice. The exhibition includes 19 of Penn's works from the book printed at large scale, with the first image confronting viewers directly.

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article culture schedule Apr 30, 2026 visibility 13 link 1 gallery

In the Studio with Jevon Brown

Artist Jevon Brown, a Miamian of Bahamian, Jamaican, and Black Southern descent, discusses his multidisciplinary practice in an interview conducted in his Miami Beach apartment and studio. Brown works across textiles, silkscreen printing, fashion, and photography to explore cultural identity, belonging, queerness, and history. He describes how memories of Miami sunsets, family members like his uncle (a sneakerhead and hat collector), and ancestral references inform his creative process. Key works discussed include the "HAIREtage" series (2025), which uses materials like burlap and raffia to connect contemporary streetwear culture with African and Caribbean spirituality, and his inclusion in the exhibition "Material, Material World" at David Castillo Gallery.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 17, 2026 source 2 sources visibility 8 link 1 artist, 2 galleries

The Exhibition Before The Exhibition: Art In The Making

Puke Ariki museum in New Plymouth, New Zealand, is hosting TUKU: Open Studio | Emerging Māori Artists, a collaborative project where senior artist Wharehoka Smith mentors early-career artists Jodie Tipa and Dwayne Duthie in creating eight manaia (spiritual guardian figures) in a public studio setting. Running from today through 12 July, the open studio prepares the museum's Temporary Gallery for the upcoming Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award exhibition, which opens on 25 July and features 40 tūpuna portraits. Visitors can watch the artists at work, engage with their creative process, and participate in free public events including workshops and talks.

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person people schedule Apr 7, 2026 visibility 18 link 1 artist, 2 galleries

Friend of X. A Conversation with Raque Ford by Qingyuan Deng

Artist Raque Ford discusses her recent exhibitions, "The Barkeeper’s Friend" at Greene Naftali and "Cry Baby" at Kunstverein Gartenhaus, highlighting her unique approach to language and materiality. Ford utilizes industrial materials like reflective acrylic, Mylar, and thermal printers to transform pop lyrics, overheard speech, and diaristic fragments into physical installations. Her work explores the tension between public performance and private interiority, often using scale to manipulate the viewer's emotional response to text.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 20, 2026 visibility 4

The autumn edition has arrived: discover the Art Shopping fair at the Carrousel du Louvre.

The Art Shopping fair returns to the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris for its autumn edition, running from October 23 to 25, 2026. The 38th edition features over 300 artists and galleries from around the world, showcasing painting, sculpture, digital art, printmaking, street art, and photography. The fair attracts more than 10,000 visitors annually and offers a free admission weekend, with Friday reserved for invitation-only entry.

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article local schedule May 16, 2026 visibility 7 link 9 artists, 4 galleries

Couple to open art gallery with first exhibition in town

Retired businessman and South Norfolk councillor Brendon Bernard and his wife, painter Barbara Bernard, are opening a new art gallery on Broad Street in Bungay, England. Their debut exhibition, titled "A Flying Start," will run from June 8 to June 27, featuring six artists working in painting, original prints, and sculpture, including Jackie Bell, formerly of the now-closed Bell Gallery. The building, over a century old, was once used for storage by American forces during WWII and later as a carpentry workshop; East Suffolk Council approved its conversion into a gallery in March.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 13, 2026 visibility 6

Asian Spring 2026: dates and program of the Parisian art festival for lovers of Asia

The 9th edition of Printemps Asiatique (Asian Spring) will take place from June 3 to 12, 2026, across Parisian galleries, museums, and auction houses. Modeled on New York’s Asia Week and London’s Asian Art, the festival features a shared calendar of exhibitions, tours, talks, and auctions, with nearly thirty galleries, ten museums and art venues, and thirteen auction houses participating. This year, Korea is the spotlight country, with dedicated exhibitions and artistic itineraries. Key venues include the Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet, Musée Cernuschi, Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris, and Musée du Louvre, alongside auction houses such as Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams, and others.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 8, 2026 visibility 11

Face-to-Face: Nalini Sharma Talks MFA Boston’s “Divine Color” Exhibition and the Power of Indian Art

Nalini Sharma, an art patron and honorary member of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's Board of Advisors, discusses the museum's exhibition "Divine Color: Hindu Prints from Modern Bengal" in an exclusive video interview. The show, supported by Nalini and Raj Sharma, features nearly 40 vibrant lithographs and over 100 objects including prints, paintings, sculptures, and textiles, exploring Hindu devotional prints from 19th-century Calcutta (now Kolkata). It is the first U.S. exhibition devoted to these works, which were mass-produced using lithographic technology and deeply embedded in daily life across India and the diaspora.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 7, 2026 visibility 11

Printmakers carve their place at Art Museum of Southeast Texas

The Art Museum of Southeast Texas is hosting a new exhibition focused on printmaking, highlighting the work of contemporary printmakers who are carving out a distinct space in the art world. The show brings together a range of techniques and styles, from traditional woodcuts to experimental mixed-media prints, demonstrating the enduring relevance and innovation within the medium.

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article local schedule May 6, 2026 visibility 13

$100M Brandywine Conservancy expansion aims to ‘completely reimagine’ visitor experience

The Brandywine Conservancy in Chadds Ford, Delaware County, has announced a $100 million expansion plan aimed at transforming the visitor experience. The project will increase exhibition capacity by 80% and open 10 miles of new trails on the campus, significantly expanding the institution's footprint and public offerings.

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article local schedule Apr 26, 2026 visibility 16 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Melville to become an open-air art gallery for a weekend

Melville Open Studios returns for its ninth year, transforming the Western Australian suburb into an open-air gallery for one weekend. Seventy-seven local artists will open their home studios and dedicated hubs—including Atwell House, Goolugatup Heathcote, Applecross Art Gallery, Feld & Co., and Myaree Ceramics—to the public. Visitors can explore ceramics, painting, printmaking, floristry, mixed media, and textiles, purchase artworks commission-free, and take guided bus tours across six routes. Coordinator Jennifer Gaye, who took over the event from the City of Melville in 2022, reports that last year's edition attracted 5,000 visitors and generated over $100,000 in direct sales for artists.

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article local schedule Apr 25, 2026 visibility 16 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

Get Happy at Casa Ramos Art Gallery

Casa Ramos Art Gallery in Los Osos, California, will open a group exhibition titled “Happy” on May 2, featuring new works by eight Central Coast artists: John Ramos, Mike Golling, Phillip Lopez, George Jercich, Jon Miller, Adrianne Jenkins, Dan Rider, and Elena Ramos Peffly. The show is curated around themes of happiness, color, and optimism, with pieces spanning painting, ceramics, glass, and jewelry. John Ramos will also debut three new prints at the opening reception, which runs from 2 to 6 p.m. at 1034 Los Osos Valley Road and is free to the public.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 25, 2026 visibility 14 link 4 artists, 3 galleries

Solana’s first physical art gallery is using a Frank Ape solo show to prove the onchain art model works in the real world

Brandon Sines, the artist behind FrankApeWorld, opens his first solo exhibition in eight years, titled “Let’s Be Frank,” on May 1 at Cycol Gallery in New York. The show features a cohesive, journey-like curation culminating in a site-specific immersive installation, with every piece minted on Exchange.Art. Cycol Gallery, located at 91 Allen Street, describes itself as Solana’s first brick-and-mortar gallery, built on Solana infrastructure and powered in part by the BONK memecoin, which acquired Exchange.Art in March 2025. Physical display uses Blackdove Art’s digital frames, allowing works to exist as tangible objects and verifiable onchain assets simultaneously.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 24, 2026 visibility 10 link 5 artists, 1 gallery

'Two Voices, One Road' show opens at C-Art Gallery

Springfield artists and married couple Randy Bacon and Heidi Herrman are opening a new collaborative exhibition titled "Two Voices, One Road" at their C-Art Gallery on Historic Commercial Street, running from April 29 to July 4. The show was inspired by a restorative road trip along Route 66 they took in 2021 after Herrman's mother died and as the world emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. Bacon contributes landscape photographs taken as far back as 1992, while Herrman presents new mixed-media works combining her own photographs with vintage handkerchiefs inherited from her mother, printed on mulberry paper and fused with encaustic materials.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 23, 2026 visibility 10 link 2 artists, 2 galleries

Bailey Art Gallery Exhibit Celebrates Life on the Water

The Bailey Art Gallery in Hobe Sound, Florida, will open a new exhibition on April 24 featuring works by local painter Dan Mackin and photographer M.E. Gruber. Mackin’s highly stylized paintings—created with airbrush and traditional techniques—depict idyllic coastal scenes on canvas, navigation maps, surfboards, and a guitar, and include collaborations with Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys. Gruber’s mid-century Kodachrome transparencies, drawn from an archive of over 5,000 images, document the emerging surf culture of Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast. The exhibition will display 50 full-frame prints from this collection.

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article local schedule Apr 22, 2026 visibility 8 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Senior Graphic Design Show Open Through May 1

Arkansas Tech University's Department of Art is presenting "Proof of Process," an exhibition featuring the graphic design work of its senior students. The show is on view at the Norman Hall Art Gallery on campus until May 1, with a free public reception scheduled for April 23.

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article local schedule Apr 19, 2026 visibility 18

More Than 100 PPS Student Art Pieces Are on Display at the Portland Art Museum This Summer

The Portland Art Museum is hosting the "HeART of Portland" exhibition, featuring over 100 artworks created by students from all 81 Portland Public Schools. The showcase includes a diverse range of media, from ceramics and rug tufting to screen-printed apparel and zines, and for the first time, the student work is being displayed in a professional gallery space within the museum's main building. The exhibition, which opened on Tax Day, serves as a tangible demonstration of the results of the city's unique arts tax.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 19, 2026 visibility 13

Divinity in print | The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition, New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting "Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860–1930," an exhibition exploring the evolution of Hindu visual culture through the rise of chromolithography. The show traces how mass-produced prints transitioned sacred imagery from exclusive temple environments into the intimate, everyday spaces of domestic shrines.

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article local schedule Apr 13, 2026 visibility 12

CSUF student artists capture childhood wonder at biannual ASI art show

Cal State Fullerton recently hosted its biannual Associated Students Inc. (ASI) Art Show at the Titan Student Union Center Gallery, centered on the theme of "Memory and Nostalgia." The exhibition showcased 20 student works spanning traditional oil paintings, digital illustrations, and 3D-printed media. Awards were presented across multiple categories, highlighting pieces such as Michael Butorac’s acrylic painting "Unforgotten Friday’s" and Victor Castaneda’s digital photograph "Becoming."

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article local schedule Apr 8, 2026 visibility 14 link 4 artists, 1 gallery

Houston’s Pioneering Artist-Owned Gallery — Archway Is Still a Creative Hub at 50

Archway Gallery, the longest-running artist-owned cooperative in Texas, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a landmark exhibition titled “Fifty Forward.” Founded in 1976 by 12 local artists seeking to bypass traditional gatekeeping, the gallery has survived five decades of economic shifts and environmental challenges through a robust cooperative structure. The anniversary programming includes a "Homecoming" show at its original location, the Jung Center, alongside concerts, poetry readings, and a juried exhibition.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 7, 2026 visibility 19

Peabody Essex Museum Celebrates America250 With New Declaration of Independence Exhibition

The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts, is launching a new exhibition titled "Pressing Importance: Salem and the Declaration of Independence" on May 2, 2026. Curated by Dan Lipcan, the show features rare materials from the museum's Phillips Library, including two of the earliest surviving broadside editions of the Declaration. The display focuses on the Revolutionary-era manuscripts, newspapers, and pamphlets that were instrumental in circulating the message of independence throughout the colonies.

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article local schedule Apr 6, 2026 visibility 12

Art Gallery Opens a Community and Medicine Garden

The Art Gallery of Burlington (AGB) has launched a new Community and Medicine Garden, a collaborative initiative designed to enhance waterfront biodiversity and serve as a living classroom. The opening event features traditional seed songs by Kaniehtenhawi Deer, tobacco planting workshops led by Michele Dent, and activities focused on sustainable gardening. Artists-in-residence Carly Franklin and Kamaldeep Kaur are also utilizing the space to grow indigo and other plants for their research into natural pigments and textiles.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 6, 2026 visibility 16

Mapped by Tide and Time art exhibition in Mumbai

The solo exhibition "Mapped by Tide and Time" has opened in Mumbai, showcasing over three decades of work by Indian artist Vishakha Apte. Curated by Ina Puri, the show features a diverse range of mediums including painting, printmaking, paper constructions, and ceramics. The collection highlights Apte’s career-long investigation into tactile depth and material dialogue, moving away from artistic spectacle in favor of quiet, process-led inquiry.

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article local schedule Feb 8, 2026 visibility 10 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

Original Art Gallery showcases ARTSiE teaching artists

The Original Art Gallery in Evanston, Illinois, opened a new exhibition featuring seven teaching artists from ARTSiE, a local nonprofit that provides arts education to children and families. The show includes works in painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and drawing, and a portion of sales will be donated to ARTSiE. Gallery owner Russell Muits, who took over the space in August 2025, curated the exhibit as a celebration of artists who give back to their community.

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